The Veteran's service-connected defective vision with cataract removal of the right eye resulted in best corrected vision of count fingers in the right eye and from 20/20 to 20/30 in the left eye. The Board found that his right eye disability warranted a 30 percent evaluation under Diagnostic Code 6070, as he was already rated at the maximum schedular amount for blindness in one eye without having blindness in the nonservice-connected left eye.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected right eye disability resulted in best corrected vision of count fingers (blindness) in the right eye and from 20/20 to 20/30 in the left eye. The maximum schedular rating for blindness in one eye without having blindness in the nonservice-connected left eye is 30 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- Defective Vision, Cataract Removal
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 23, 2010
- Citation
- 1047736
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